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But he otherwise aroused little opposition because he was as colorless as his name. It was also visible, Woodward conjectured, to anyone from the FBI in surveillance of nearby embassies. The reaction to the Vanity Fair article was mixed. The reporter would move a flower pot with a red flag on his balcony if he needed to meet Felt. Mystery revealed The revelation capped a Washington mystery that spanned more than three decades and seven presidents. Richard Nixon testified on his behalf.

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Woodward, however, has stated that in the early s the interior courtyard was an alleyway and had not yet been bricked off, and that his balcony was visible from street level to passing pedestrians. New York magazine columnist Frank Rich has gone a step further and already announced his casting choice: Felt and Ruckelshaus had a strained relationship. Former White House aide Alexander Butterfield was the man who revealed the existence of the White House taping system to the Senate committee that investigated the Watergate affair. Instead of seeking out prosecutors at the Justice Department, or the House Judiciary Committee charged with investigating presidential wrongdoing, he methodically leaked information to Woodward to guide their investigation while keeping his own identity and involvement safely concealed.